Posts tagged: TV

Turn on the TV nowadays and it’s hard to avoid the flurry of commercials touting the latest, supposedly greatest mobile devices. So which ads are catching the eyes of consumers? Ace Metrix says it knows. The Mountain View, California-based technology...

As if there weren’t enough sources of celebrity gossips, Trace Sports, whose TV shows cover the private lives of stars from golf legend Tiger Woods to hoops wizard LeBron James, has its eyes on the U.S. even as it’s working...

Why can’t we be friends? You may have read yesterday that Cablevision is suing Viacom for forcing it to take lower-rated channels along with its most popular networks, a practice the pay-TV company claims is illegal. Cable operators and networks...

Remember those bulbous TVs and computer monitors that preceded the slimmed-down liquid-crystal displays we have today? Some companies are actually still making them (surprise!), and several of them may be fined by the European Union within weeks over price-fixing agreements,...

MobiTV, the software maker that pulled its initial public offering last week, is adding technology that lets users record programs on the go and plans to revisit the IPO market early next year. The company cited “unfavorable market conditions” in...

Roku’s sales tripled to $100 million last year — in part because it bought radio and billboard advertising for the first time. To garner more brand recognition for its hockey puck-sized TV-set top box, the company intends to seek as...